German Actor – Max Riemelt

Max Riemelt, born January 7, 1984, in Berlin, is a German

actor best known for his role as Friedrich Weimer in the award-winning war drama, “Napola.”

Riemelt discovered his love for acting while at school. After making his debut in Matthias Steurer’s TV mini-series Zwei allein in 1988, he followed this a year later with the TV movie “Ein Weihnachtsmaerchen” and Dana Vavrova’s children’s adventure film “Der Baer ist los.”

Finally in 2004, Riemelt landed his breakthrough role as Friedrich Weimer in “Napola”, in which he was awarded the prize for Best Actor at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival for his performance. Napola subsequently won the festival’s Audience Award.

Most recently, Riemelt will appear in upcoming films ” Up! Up! To the Sky” and “Die Welle.”